Vince Cable: 'We are completely united behind the immigration policy'

Business Secretary Vince Cable seems to contract earlier statements to the BBC
saying he is right behind the coalition policy on immigration and that
policy is not in dispute.

5:04PM BST 14 Apr 2011

The Lib Dem Business Secretary, was speaking in Manchester following the Prime Minister's speech on mass immigration which Mr Cable had said was “very unwise” suggesting they could fuel extremism over immigration.

“The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement, it is Tory party policy only,” Mr Cable had told the BBC before Mr Cameron’s speech.

Questioned about his comments to the BBC Mr Cable said: "I don't want to develop that, and I think I have said what I wanted to say.

"We have a common consensus, a compromise in the coalition on our policy on the immigration cap and I don't think I need to add to that.

"We are completely united behind the policy and the policy is about a cap."